CRANE COLLAPSES CRUSHING BOATS ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– A crane collapsed this morning causing damage to two boats and spilling diesel fuel into the water in Brigantine, N.J. The crane has spilled approximately 50 to 100 gallons of diesel fuel into the St. George Thoroughfare after landing on two pleasure crafts that were moored at the […]
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE-NC Marine Fisheries Commission Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee Notice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Commission Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday November 4, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the C-Mast Building, Room #305 located at Carteret Community College, 303 College Circle, Morehead City, […]
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE-NC Marine Fisheries Commission Finfish Advisory CommitteeNotice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Commission Finfish Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Washington Regional Office, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC.The Committee will […]
NOAA ISSUES SERVICE ASSESSMENT REPORT ON HURRICANE ISABEL Nov. 3  NOAA’s National Weather Service today released an internal evaluation of its operations during Hurricane Isabel. The tropical cyclone caused extensive damage and loss of life in the Mid-Atlantic states in September 2003. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is an agency of the […]
Regulators Congratulate Tar-Pamlico And Neuse River Basin Agricultural Communities For Nitrogen Reduction Efforts RALEIGH — Annual reports from the state’s Division of Water Quality on progress made to reduce nitrogen pollution in the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico rivers show a resounding success. The agricultural community in both basins exceeded the goals of the state’s first row […]
Coast Guard boat crew rescues the rescuer JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard boat crew provided a tow for a fishing vessel whose captain rescued two men from the water two miles south of Bold Island in Southeast Alaska Sunday The Coast Guard received a call at about 3:30 p.m. from a crewmember aboard the […]
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE-North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Inland Regional Advisory CommitteeNotice is hereby given that the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Inland Regional Advisory Committee will meet on Monday, November 8, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Ground Floor Hearing Room, Raleigh, NC.The Committee review and discuss a proposed […]
NOAA OFFERS NEW EXPERIMENTAL IONOSPHERIC PRODUCTS Nov. 1, 2004  The NOAA Space Environment Center and NOAA National Geodetic Survey today release a new experimental ionosphere products to help emergency managers and other users quickly assess the effects of solar storms on Global Positioning System applications. The SEC has created a near real-time ionospheric specification […]
Current Daily General and HMS Charter/Headboat Category Commercial BFT limits The General category daily retention limit is one large medium or giant BFT (73 inches CFL or greater) per vessel per day/trip. This daily retention limit is effective through May 31, 2005, inclusive. This limit applies to permitted Atlantic tunas General and HMS Charter/headboats (while […]
ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA LANDINGS As of October 29, 2004 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coastwide General category has landed 206.5 mt. Harpoon category has landed 29.9 mt. Longline North: 18.0 mt. Longline South: 9.3 mt. Purse seine category 31.9 mt. The Angling category is currently open in all areas […]
